"Building Our Capacity To Provide Effective Professional Development"
Icebreaker: Getting to Know You (Go to Nearpod Join Code: UVWCJ) Updates Introductions of new people Upcoming Conferences PIIC - Need to commit to attending in October and May or Heather will ask those already committed for January and May if they'd like to go in October as well STEAM Showcase - at Nova Place, North Side Registration via Eventbrite TRETC - November 7 at Montour HS www.tretc.org
All Google, All Day December 5 at AIU (Registration TBA)
-What actionable steps do you need to take in your practice?
-What topics are worth coaching around? (Prioritize)
Here are some identified by PIIC Participants ----Differentiated Supervision ----Future Ready PA index (SPP Supplement)- something to coach around ----Test data that produces actionable work in instruction ----Educator in the Workplace/Career & College Readiness ----So you have an instructional coach. Now what? ----Turn around sessions: Coaching for growth, not just performance
-Opportunity to design and lead an activity at each meeting (not the entire morning/day) - recurring part of exit ticket monthly
-Exit Ticket
Thursday October 12, 2017 IMS Room
(Test data that produces actionable work in instruction/Coaching for Growth not just Performance)
8:30-9:00 Networking 9:00-9:15 Icebreaker 9:15-9:45 Book study - Get Some Guts, Coach - 1st chapter: "Get Some Guts" 9:45-10:30 Test data that produces actionable work in instruction - Data analysis techniques: multiple sorts - http://www.naesp.org/sites/default/files/Student%20Achievement_blue.pdf
- Data, Data Everywhere But Not a Drop to Drink: Which "type" of data collector most defines the data collection in your school? Read the last paragraph of the article and discuss how you can use such a technique in your coaching. 10:30-10:45 break 10:45-11:45 Coaching for Growth, Not Just Performance (access resources here) 11:45-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:15 Coaching for Growth, Not Just Performance (continued from AM) 2:15-2:30 Reflection and exit ticket
Monday November 13, 2017 ROGERS Room
(AM: You Have an Instructional Coach-Now What? PM:Buy-in/prioritizing coaching/Marketing and Teacher Voice in PD)
AM: 1. Role of the coach card sorting activity 2. Collaboration to create a culture of coaching (Coaching Conditions Activity) 3. Ways to promote partnerships between teachers and coaches (4 corners/chalk talk) 4. Partnership Agreement/Case Study: Read and highlight what resonates. Discuss: How can a partnership agreement avoid or rectify such issues?
5. Reflection
PM:
6. Marketing/promotion materials - bring a hard copy/artist statement/gallery walk
7. Developing needs assessments - page 100 Instructional Coaching in Action
Brainstorm ways to develop and disseminate needs assessments
8. Book Study- Step 1: Get Focused (Use Expense Account model for discussion)
What changes your view of coaching from this chapter?
Book Study: Get Some Guts, Coach! Part 3: Get to the Dance of the Debrief (Round Robin Protocol)
Wednesday February 14, 2018 ROGERS Room
(Educator in the Workplace/Career & College Readiness)
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM: Site visits to explore and learn skills needed for college and career readiness
Option 1: Carnegie Mellon University - CMU provides a number of services to help students to achieve success. During this session you’ll learn about two different groups and gain some ideas about helping students prepare for the transition to postsecondary programs. You'll visit the Global Communications Center (https://www.cmu.edu/gcc/index.html) and the Academic Development department (https://www.cmu.edu/acadev/). PLEASE NOTE: Parking is a premium at CMU. CMU has graciously reserved and offered to pay for 10 parking spaces in one garage. Option 2: Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics -http://pia.edu/ 5 Allegheny County Airport, West Mifflin PA 15122. Brief presentation about PIA and the aviation industry followed by a tour of the campus where you will be able to observe PIA’s instruction in the skilled trades.PIA Field Trip Slideshow Option 3: LUMA Institute/Industrious -https://www.luma-institute.com/ One PPG Place, Suite 3100 (31st Floor), Pittsburgh, PA 15222. This visit will give you the opportunity to get oriented to LUMA Institute, a company dedicated to helping individuals, teams and organizations become more innovative—which includes current and future employees. LUMA operates out of a co-working space called Industrious; we are working on the possibility of the folks who operate Industrious to discuss their business model. That would be relevant because their co-working space and services are used by a large number of small companies.PLEASE NOTE: There are several paid parking garages within walking distance of PPG Place; be prepared to pay for parking if you choose this option. Option 4: New Century Careers - https://www.ncsquared.com/ 305 East Carson Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 (Terminal Buildings). New Century Careers is a Southwestern Pennsylvania workforce development organization with a dual client mission to support pre-employment and incumbent manufacturing workers as well as their current or future employers to help each set of clients advance economically through continuous workforce education and training. In this visit, you will learn about skills and career options in the manufacturing industry as well as tour New Century Careers' facility. PLEASE NOTE: There are on-street parking kiosks for many streets in the South Side; be prepared to pay for parking if you choose this option.
11:00-12:45: Lunch on your own and travel to AIU 12:45-1:15: Reconvene at AIU to share learnings from site visits 1:15-1:45: PDE College and Career Readiness plan (Paul Cindric, AIU)
2:00-2:30: Explore College and Career Readiness apps & resources
Booeys: A Ghost's Code: A fun puzzle game to assess potential aptitude for tech careers such as problem solving, algorithmic thinking, logic, etc. On your device simply search for "booeys" for both //Android// and //i0s// devices.
Professionalism/Soft Skills – JobPro: Get Hired: This game is to practice soft skills for a job interview. One of the games designed with help from Learn and Earn interns - our most downloaded per week! On your device, search app store for "Job Pro: Get Hired". Or, here is a link for //Android//, and one for //i0s//.
Harness Hero: Simple game in construction related to fall protection – players choose, inspect, fit a fall harness, then jump off a building to see if they did it right. On your phone or tablet’s app store, simply search for "Harness Hero" or see the following for both//Android//and//i0S//devices.
Wyldwood Stories – Help BB leverage self-advocacy to navigate Wyldwood’s academic and social scene.
Future Road Builders – This one was made for students interested in construction.
PA CareerZone - (website: https://www.pacareerzone.org) PA CareerZone has numerous tools to help students plan their futures after K-12. There is also an "Educator's Corner," which allows educators to develop, implement, and manage a complete career and transition planning curriculum.
2:30: Reflection and Exit Ticket Pennsylvania CareerZone allows educators to develop, implement, and manage a complete career and transition planning curriculum.
Thursday March 22, 2018 SULLIVAN Room (Mini PLO)
8:30-9:00 Arrival, sign-in, networking 9:00-9:15 Icebreaker 9:15-9:30 PIIC Updates, PIIC Survey, survey for Jodi Geyer 9:30-9:45 Agenda overview 9:45-10:15 Session 1 10:15-10:30 Break 10:35-11:05 Session 2 11:10-11:40 Session 3 11:40-1:00 Lunch 1:00-1:30 Session 4 1:30-2:15 Book Study: Get Some Guts, Coach! Step 4: Get to the Heart of Teaching and Learning (Silent conversation) 2:15-2:30 Reflection/Exit Ticket
2:00-2:30 Q&A, Debrief, Exit Ticket Please join us at the BrightBytes Data Into Action Workshop on May 16 here at AIU. Will begin at 11:30am REGISTER here
MEETING DATES 2018-19
September 12, 2018 (Wednesday) Rogers Room
October 25, 2018 (Thursday) IMS Room
November 20, 2018 (Tuesday) Rogers Room
December 11, 2018 (Tuesday) Mini-PLO McGuffey Room
January 16, 2019 (Wednesday) Rogers Room
February 27, 2019 (Wednesday) Rogers Room
March 26, 2019 (Tuesday) Mini-PLO 2 McGuffey Room
April 24, 2019 (Wednesday) Rogers Room
May 21, 2019 (Tuesday) Rogers Room
Thursday May 24, 2018 IMS Room
(Differentiated Supervision)
9:00-9:30am Icebreaker: Getting to Why - Simon Sinek
Updates and Announcements Act 48 Vote on Book for 2018-19 Want to remember the books after today? Here's the list 9:30-11:30am Differentiated Supervision Model - Educator Effectiveness DSAP Overview (3 pages) - Shared Google Doc - highlight and comment on what was new to you
How do you "get your foot in the door" to work with teachers? Centers: 4 models - how do you coach to each? (Group discussions/rotate - Build a slide for your group)
Portfolio
Peer Coaching
Self-Directed/Action Research
Teachers assigned to formal observation year
What is the coach's role?
What kind of supports would you offer?
How does this promote reflective practice?
How could it open BDA Cycle opportunities?
McKeesport's approach to DSAP
11:30-11:45am Book Study - Step 6: Get A Plan
LUNCH 11:45am-1:00pm
1:00-2:00pm BreakoutEDU activity
2:00-2:30pm Celebration of Success for 2017-18
Instructional Coaches Workshops 2017-18
School Year 2017-18
*All meetings 8:30 am-2:30 pm unless otherwise noted*Instructional Coaches Workshops 2017-18 | Wednesday September 13, 2017 IMS Room | Thursday October 12, 2017 IMS Room | Monday November 13, 2017 ROGERS Room | Tuesday December 12, 2017 SULLIVAN Room | (Mini-PLO: “Bring a Gift” of Knowledge to Share) | Tuesday January 23, 2018 ROGERS Room | | Wednesday February 14, 2018 ROGERS Room | Thursday March 22, 2018 SULLIVAN Room (Mini PLO) | | Thursday April 26, 2018 IMS Room | MEETING DATES 2018-19 | Thursday May 24, 2018 IMS Room
Wednesday September 13, 2017 IMS Room
"Building Our Capacity To Provide Effective Professional Development"
Icebreaker: Getting to Know You (Go to Nearpod Join Code: UVWCJ)Updates
Introductions of new people
Upcoming Conferences
PIIC - Need to commit to attending in October and May or Heather will ask those already committed for January and May if they'd like to go in October as well
STEAM Showcase - at Nova Place, North Side Registration via Eventbrite
TRETC - November 7 at Montour HS www.tretc.org
All Google, All Day December 5 at AIU (Registration TBA)
Read "The State of Teacher Professional Learning "
-Blue sky: what would your ideal professional learning environment look like? (Verso)
NEW Link to Activity
My class code: MU1KKN
-What actionable steps do you need to take in your practice?
-What topics are worth coaching around? (Prioritize)
Here are some identified by PIIC Participants
----Differentiated Supervision
----Future Ready PA index (SPP Supplement)- something to coach around
----Test data that produces actionable work in instruction
----Educator in the Workplace/Career & College Readiness
----So you have an instructional coach. Now what?
----Turn around sessions: Coaching for growth, not just performance
-Book Study (ground rules, etc)
---Binder Distribution
---PLC Book Study Guide from Florida Department of Ed
---Creating a Coaching Support Plan
-Common Sense Media: Activity surrounding new resources-Jennifer Ehehalt email address Common Sense Education
-Tune In, Hook Up with YouTube - Carol Persin
-Opportunity to design and lead an activity at each meeting (not the entire morning/day) - recurring part of exit ticket monthly
-Exit Ticket
Thursday October 12, 2017 IMS Room
(Test data that produces actionable work in instruction/Coaching for Growth not just Performance)
8:30-9:00 Networking9:00-9:15 Icebreaker
9:15-9:45 Book study - Get Some Guts, Coach - 1st chapter: "Get Some Guts"
9:45-10:30 Test data that produces actionable work in instruction
- Data analysis techniques: multiple sorts - http://www.naesp.org/sites/default/files/Student%20Achievement_blue.pdf
- Data, Data Everywhere But Not a Drop to Drink: Which "type" of data collector most defines the data collection in your school? Read the last paragraph of the article and discuss how you can use such a technique in your coaching.
10:30-10:45 break
10:45-11:45 Coaching for Growth, Not Just Performance (access resources here)
11:45-1:00 Lunch
2017 PSSA Item and Scoring Samples
1:00-2:15 Coaching for Growth, Not Just Performance (continued from AM)2:15-2:30 Reflection and exit ticket
Monday November 13, 2017 ROGERS Room
(AM: You Have an Instructional Coach-Now What? PM:Buy-in/prioritizing coaching/Marketing and Teacher Voice in PD)
AM:1. Role of the coach card sorting activity
2. Collaboration to create a culture of coaching (Coaching Conditions Activity)
3. Ways to promote partnerships between teachers and coaches (4 corners/chalk talk)
4. Partnership Agreement/Case Study: Read and highlight what resonates. Discuss: How can a partnership agreement avoid or rectify such issues?
5. Reflection
PM:
6. Marketing/promotion materials - bring a hard copy/artist statement/gallery walk
7. Developing needs assessments - page 100 Instructional Coaching in Action
- Brainstorm ways to develop and disseminate needs assessments
8. Book Study- Step 1: Get Focused (Use Expense Account model for discussion)- What changes your view of coaching from this chapter?
- What challenges your view of coaching?
- What confirms your view of coaching?
9. Exit ticketTuesday December 12, 2017 SULLIVAN Room
(Mini-PLO: “Bring a Gift” of Knowledge to Share)
8:30-9:00 Arrival, sign-in, networking9:00-9:15 Icebreaker
9:15-9:30 Agenda overview
9:30-10:00 Session 1
10:05-10:35 Session 2
10:35-10:50 Break
10:50-11:20 Session 3
11:20-12:00 Session 4
12:00-1:15 Lunch
1:15-1:45 Session 5
1:45-2:15 Book Study: Get Some Guts, Coach! Part 2: Get Into the Flow (Round Robin Protocol)
2:15-2:30 Reflection/Exit Ticket
Kevin Conner
Justin Rodrigues
Angelo Furiga
Heather Moschetta
Sue Lewis
Christy Franck and Laura Pacini
Kaitlin Anselmo
Allyson Vignone
Heather Moschetta
Amy Dellapenna and Mary Lynn Zoscak
Charles Youngs
Rachel McVeagh
Peter Schintz
Heather Moschetta
Kelly Natale
Jen Schrechengost
Mike Haas
Shelly Burr
Heather Herger
Mike Bothwell and Karen Cerra
Dina Roberts
Andy Halter and Shannon Roos
Deb Kritikos
Joanne Krett
Tuesday January 23, 2018 ROGERS Room
(Making use of the Standards Aligned System)
AM - Scavenger HuntSAS Section Descriptions
SAS Scavenger Hunt Worksheet:
FIRst (Fidelity Implementation Review support tool)
PM - Collaborative Coaching Impact Discussion
SAS Components:
Collaborative Presentation - 18 Reasons to Use SAS
Book Study:
Get Some Guts, Coach! Part 3: Get to the Dance of the Debrief (Round Robin Protocol)
Wednesday February 14, 2018 ROGERS Room
(Educator in the Workplace/Career & College Readiness)
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM: Site visits to explore and learn skills needed for college and career readiness
Option 1: Carnegie Mellon University - CMU provides a number of services to help students to achieve success. During this session you’ll learn about two different groups and gain some ideas about helping students prepare for the transition to postsecondary programs. You'll visit the Global Communications Center (https://www.cmu.edu/gcc/index.html) and the Academic Development department (https://www.cmu.edu/acadev/). PLEASE NOTE: Parking is a premium at CMU. CMU has graciously reserved and offered to pay for 10 parking spaces in one garage.
Option 2: Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics - http://pia.edu/ 5 Allegheny County Airport, West Mifflin PA 15122. Brief presentation about PIA and the aviation industry followed by a tour of the campus where you will be able to observe PIA’s instruction in the skilled trades. PIA Field Trip Slideshow
Option 3: LUMA Institute/Industrious - https://www.luma-institute.com/ One PPG Place, Suite 3100 (31st Floor), Pittsburgh, PA 15222. This visit will give you the opportunity to get oriented to LUMA Institute, a company dedicated to helping individuals, teams and organizations become more innovative—which includes current and future employees. LUMA operates out of a co-working space called Industrious; we are working on the possibility of the folks who operate Industrious to discuss their business model. That would be relevant because their co-working space and services are used by a large number of small companies. PLEASE NOTE: There are several paid parking garages within walking distance of PPG Place; be prepared to pay for parking if you choose this option.
Option 4: New Century Careers - https://www.ncsquared.com/ 305 East Carson Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 (Terminal Buildings). New Century Careers is a Southwestern Pennsylvania workforce development organization with a dual client mission to support pre-employment and incumbent manufacturing workers as well as their current or future employers to help each set of clients advance economically through continuous workforce education and training. In this visit, you will learn about skills and career options in the manufacturing industry as well as tour New Century Careers' facility.
PLEASE NOTE: There are on-street parking kiosks for many streets in the South Side; be prepared to pay for parking if you choose this option.
11:00-12:45: Lunch on your own and travel to AIU
12:45-1:15: Reconvene at AIU to share learnings from site visits
1:15-1:45: PDE College and Career Readiness plan (Paul Cindric, AIU)
2:00-2:30: Explore College and Career Readiness apps & resources
- Booeys: A Ghost's Code: A fun puzzle game to assess potential aptitude for tech careers such as problem solving, algorithmic thinking, logic, etc. On your device simply search for "booeys" for both //Android// and //i0s// devices.
- Professionalism/Soft Skills – JobPro: Get Hired: This game is to practice soft skills for a job interview. One of the games designed with help from Learn and Earn interns - our most downloaded per week! On your device, search app store for "Job Pro: Get Hired". Or, here is a link for //Android//, and one for //i0s//.
- Harness Hero: Simple game in construction related to fall protection – players choose, inspect, fit a fall harness, then jump off a building to see if they did it right. On your phone or tablet’s app store, simply search for "Harness Hero" or see the following for both //Android// and //i0S// devices.
- Wyldwood Stories – Help BB leverage self-advocacy to navigate Wyldwood’s academic and social scene.
- Future Road Builders – This one was made for students interested in construction.
- PA CareerZone - (website: https://www.pacareerzone.org) PA CareerZone has numerous tools to help students plan their futures after K-12. There is also an "Educator's Corner," which allows educators to develop, implement, and manage a complete career and transition planning curriculum.
2:30: Reflection and Exit TicketPennsylvania CareerZone
allows educators to develop, implement, and manage a complete career and transition planning curriculum.
Thursday March 22, 2018 SULLIVAN Room (Mini PLO)
8:30-9:00 Arrival, sign-in, networking9:00-9:15 Icebreaker
9:15-9:30 PIIC Updates, PIIC Survey, survey for Jodi Geyer
9:30-9:45 Agenda overview
9:45-10:15 Session 1
10:15-10:30 Break
10:35-11:05 Session 2
11:10-11:40 Session 3
11:40-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:30 Session 4
1:30-2:15 Book Study: Get Some Guts, Coach! Step 4: Get to the Heart of Teaching and Learning (Silent conversation)
2:15-2:30 Reflection/Exit Ticket
Charles Youngs
Mary Lynn Zoscak
Sue Lewis
Debbie Kritikos
Heather Moschetta
(Continued)
Charles Youngs
Justin Rodrigues
Joanne Krett
Erica Guadalupe
Laura Pacini
Lori McDowell
Heather Herger
Kevin Conner
Andrew Halter &
Shannon Roos
(Dewey Room)
Lisa Kristian
Heather Moschetta
Access the report here
Thursday April 26, 2018 IMS Room
(Future Ready PA index (SPP Supplement)- something to coach around)
8:30-9:00 Arrival, sign-in, networking
9:00-9:15 Icebreaker Test Your Data Knowledge by NCES Kids' Zone9:15-9:30 PIIC Updates
9:30-10:15 Book Study Get Some Guts, Coach! Step 5: Get Some Thick Skin pp. 100-121 (Q&A Protocol)
10:15-10:25 Break
10:25-10:55 Actively Learn Article Study - "Turning Resistant Teachers into Resilient Teachers" by ASCD
10:55-11:45 PVAAS Data Dive - Instructions (you will get them in PDF format)
11:45-1:00 LUNCH
1:00-2:00 Future Ready PA Index Overview (Brian Stamford)
- PDE Documents
- Future Ready PA Index - What We Know Now
- Future Ready PA Index - Frequently-asked questions and clarification
2:00-2:30 Q&A, Debrief, Exit TicketPlease join us at the BrightBytes Data Into Action Workshop on May 16 here at AIU. Will begin at 11:30am
REGISTER here
MEETING DATES 2018-19
September 12, 2018 (Wednesday) Rogers RoomOctober 25, 2018 (Thursday) IMS Room
November 20, 2018 (Tuesday) Rogers Room
December 11, 2018 (Tuesday) Mini-PLO McGuffey Room
January 16, 2019 (Wednesday) Rogers Room
February 27, 2019 (Wednesday) Rogers Room
March 26, 2019 (Tuesday) Mini-PLO 2 McGuffey Room
April 24, 2019 (Wednesday) Rogers Room
May 21, 2019 (Tuesday) Rogers Room
Thursday May 24, 2018 IMS Room
(Differentiated Supervision)
9:00-9:30amIcebreaker: Getting to Why - Simon Sinek
Updates and Announcements
Act 48
Vote on Book for 2018-19 Want to remember the books after today? Here's the list
9:30-11:30am
Differentiated Supervision Model - Educator Effectiveness
DSAP Overview (3 pages) - Shared Google Doc - highlight and comment on what was new to you
How do you "get your foot in the door" to work with teachers?
Centers: 4 models - how do you coach to each? (Group discussions/rotate - Build a slide for your group)
- Portfolio
- Peer Coaching
- Self-Directed/Action Research
- Teachers assigned to formal observation year
What is the coach's role?What kind of supports would you offer?
How does this promote reflective practice?
How could it open BDA Cycle opportunities?
McKeesport's approach to DSAP
11:30-11:45am Book Study - Step 6: Get A Plan
LUNCH 11:45am-1:00pm
1:00-2:00pm BreakoutEDU activity
2:00-2:30pm Celebration of Success for 2017-18